Sam Mendes | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie twitter Biography by Michael Hastings Director Sam Mendes was already a veteran of the Broadway and London stage when he made one of the most auspicious feature film debuts in recent memory with American Beauty , a dark, satirical, and ultimately revelatory vision of suburban discontent. The low-budget Hollywood production struck a chord with audiences and critics, garnering Mendes a truckload of year-end awards. The soft-spoken director was born in 1965 in England, an only child of Portuguese descent. His parents divorced when he was five. After graduating from Cambridge University, the young Mendes made his mark with several popular, innovative stage productions in London's West End before joining the ranks of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. By his mid-twenties, Mendes had staked a claim among such peers as Danny Boyle and Nicholas Hytner -- future film directors themselves -- and had already coaxed attention-getting performances from such luminaries as Dame Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes . Mendes then became artistic director of London's Donmar Warehouse Theater, where he programmed an eclectic mix of Shakespeare, Stephen Sondheim , and Tennessee Williams .

Critics noted the director's ability to attract big-name talents seeking to prove their mettle, exemplified by Nicole Kidman 's daring, multi-character performance in Mendes ' London and Broadway productions of The Blue Room. It was his stark, Tony-winning rendition of Cabaret, however, which prompted Steven Spielberg to hand Mendes the script for American Beauty . Spielberg 's DreamWorks company was the only Hollywood studio to respond to sitcom writer Alan Ball 's elliptical tale of Middle American redemption; and in Cabaret, Spielberg saw the work not just of an actor's director but of a distinctly cinematic visionary. In the film's production, Mendes rehearsed extensively with his cast, storyboarding the film with the aid of Spielberg and legendary cinematographer Conrad Hall . Though the picture was conceived as a dark, ironic comedy, Mendes discovered in the editing process a more reverent, spiritual side to the material. Through careful marketing, the film enjoyed a long run at the box office; in a year filled with scandal and tragedy, American audiences responded to its caustic but inspiring tone.

Critics and the industry took note as well, as was particularly evidenced by the slew of year-end attention garnered by the film and its director: among American Beauty 's many honors were 5 Academy Awards, including a Best Picture win and a Best Director Oscar statuette for Mendes . Immediately following the win, Mendes laid low for a while, choosing to focus on the Donmar Theatre instead of the piles of scripts that were being thrown his way. (Among the projects Mendes turned down was Charlie Kaufman's Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which would later become George Clooney's directorial debut.) He re-emerged in 2002 with the big-budget Tom Hanks vehicle Road to Perdition, a dark rumination on the nature of violence and the seemingly-inextricable bonds between fathers (or father figures) and sons. Prepped for a high-profile Oscar-season bow, Perdition was moved up to the summer to make way for another Hanks/DreamWorks epic, Catch Me If You Can. Still, upon its release, the R-rated Perdition garnered a sizable amount of awards talk for its stark, poetic visual sense, its mournful tone, and a muted, restrained performance from the usually-sunny Tom Hanks.

Better yet, DreamWorks' careful, "counter-programming" platform release ensured a healthy box-office life for the film, as it opened to $20 million on less than 2,000 screens. In 2003 Mendes married Titanic actress Kate Winslet, returning to the director's chair shortly thereafter to explore the futility of war in Jarhead (2005) -- a complex drama that drew decidedly mixed reviews. But if Mendes was disapponted it wouldn't last long, because after serving as producer of director Marc Foster's powerful 2007 drama The Kite Runner he scored a major hit with his adaptation of Richard Yates' acclaimed novel Revolutionary Road. Not only did that film offer the esteemed British filmmaker yet another opportunity to explore the American landscape but it also provided him a chance to work with his wife Winslet, whose intense performance in the film earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Leading Actress (an award which the double-nominated actress did indeed win, but for her captivating turn as a former Nazi in Stephen Daldry's The Reader instead of her intense performance as a frustrated American housewife opposite Leonardo DiCaprio).

Though Mendes' subsequent study of the American family, 2009's Away We Go, was notably more optimistic than his previous ones, the gentle road comedy came and went with little fanfare at the box office. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that Mendes would take on a quintessentially British property as the director of Skyfall -- the 23rd film in the long-running James Bond franchise, and the third to feature actor Daniel Craig as the globe-trotting super spy. Movie Highlights Factsheet Began directing for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1990 when he was 25 years old. Won Best Director at the 1996 Laurence Olivier Awards for Company and The Glass Menagerie, and became the Awards' first triple winner in 2003 when he received Best Director for Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya, as well as a special award for his work as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse theater. His feature-film directorial debut came in 1999 with the critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning American Beauty. Received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Directors Guild of Great Britain Awards in 2005, despite having directed only two features at that point in his career.

Engaged in early talks with composer Stephen Sondheim to create a film version of the Tony Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd, but the project fell through. Tim Burton later stepped up to direct the film in 2007. Sam Mendes - Zimbio Sam Mendes By Joe Robberson on Bookended by stellar action sequences, the latest Bond film's got nothing in the middle. Read Full Story By Darrick Thomas on (Photo: Getty Images)It's never too early to start speculating on who will join the hallowed ranks of Bond Girl fame, and a report from Yahoo UK suggests Penelope Cruz will be the next gorgeous woman to spar and/or sleep with Daniel Craig in the follow up to Skyfall. Admittedly, with Sam Mendes set to stage version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory before he gets back behind the camera and an in-progress script, we're still a few years from Bond 24. Which means whether or not Cruz makes it... Read Full Story By Jake on Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes announced today that they have separated.

The 34-year-old actress split from the American Beauty director earlier this year after six years of marriage.A statement from law firm Schillings said: “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year. The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children. They ask that the media respect their privacy at this... Read Full Story Sam Mendes - Biography - IMDb Sam Mendes Biography Showing all 72 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (38) | Personal Quotes (21) | Salary (2) Overview (4) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-years-old.

Sam was educated at Cambridge University and joined the Chichester Festival Theatre following his graduation in 1987. Afterwards, he directed Judi Dench in "The Cherry Orchard", for which he won a Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. He then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he directed such productions as "Troilus and Cressida" with Ralph Fiennes and "Richard III". In 1992, he became artistic director of the reopened Donmar Warehouse in London, where he directed such productions as "The Glass Menagerie" and the revival of the musical "Cabaret", which earned four Tony Awards including one for Best Revival of a Musical. He also directed "The Blue Room" starring Nicole Kidman . In 1999, he got the chance to direct his first feature film, American Beauty (1999). The movie earned 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Mendes, which is a rare feat for a first-time film director.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: TrendEkiD@aol.com Spouse (1) ( 24 May 2003 - 3 October 2010) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (5) Often begins his films with a voice-over narration from the main character; at the end of the movie the character finishes his narration in very much the same way it began. Music scores from Thomas Newman Very slow pull in, especially on table scenes Films typically deal with a family unit, be it real or surrogate. In his films rain frequently marks the event of a death Trivia (38) Is a big cricket fan and is said to have incorporated the ideas of former England cricket captain Mike Brearly in his direction. Educated at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, UK. He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to drama. Taught cricket (his passion) at Summer Fields School, Oxford, UK after leaving school for a year. Ranked #91 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.

Sam married English actress Kate Winslet in the West Indies in May 2003. Resides in both New York City and London, England. Son, Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, was born on December 22, 2003, in New York, and weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Director for both "Company" and "The Glass Menagerie" at the Donmar Warehouse. He was nominated for Best Director at the 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards for the 1998 production of "The Blue Room". He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of the 1997 season for "Othello" at the Royal National Theatre. He was awarded the 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award: Special for his services and contributions as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse for the past ten years.

He was awarded the 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Director of 2002 for "Twelfth Night" and "Uncle Vanya" in repertory company at the Donmar Warehouse in London. He was awarded the 2002 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Director for both "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night" performed at the Donmar Warehouse. He was awarded the 1995 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre) for Best Director for "The Glass Menagerie". He was awarded the 1989 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Most Promising Newcomer as Director of Minerva Studio in Chichester, England. He was awarded the 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director for "Uncle Vanya" and "Twelfth Night" performed at the Donmar Warehouse. Has a home in Cotswolds, England.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Director (Musical), along with collaborator Rob Marshall , for a revival of "Cabaret." Was born in the same small Reading hospital where his wife, Kate Winslet , was born 10 years later. In 2000, he won his first Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for his production of "The Real Thing". In 1999, he was Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play for "Electra". Ex-stepfather of Kate Winslet 's daughter, Mia. Childhood friend of Tom Hollander . Ranked #15 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". Suggested the idea for initiating production on "Shrek the Musical" to Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks Animation during the creation of Shrek 2 (2004). Is a big fan of the first "Shrek" film. His father is Trinidadian. Ex-son-in-law of Roger Winslet . It was announced in March 2010 that he and Kate Winslet had separated earlier the same year.

His paternal grandparents were of Trinidad's ethnic Portuguese community. His grandfather is famed West Indian writer Alfred H. Mendes. Announced new film and theater production company, Scamp, with his two business partners, Pippa Harris (who heads the film division) and Caro Newling (who heads the theater division). Dreamworks is to automatically get first privileges with all of Scamp's film projects. [February 2004] He is directing Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy in the Broadway theater production of "The Vertical Hour" in New York City. [January 2007] Directing "Twelfth Night" and "Uncle Vanya" for the Donmar Warehouse Theatre Co. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music featuring Emily Watson . [February 2003] He is the first Oscar-Winning director to helm a James Bond movie. He is also the first director, since John Glen , to helm two movies in a row. Along with Delbert Mann , Jerome Robbins , Robert Redford , James L.

Brooks and Kevin Costner , he is one of only six people to win the Academy Award for Best Director for their directorial debut: Mann for Marty (1955), Robbins for West Side Story (1961) (which he co-directed with Robert Wise , Redford for Ordinary People (1980), Brooks for Terms of Endearment (1983), Costner for Dances with Wolves (1990) and Mendes for American Beauty (1999). Personal Quotes (21) Sex. What Fun. to the students of Atlantic Theater School If you shout in the theater, people think you've gone a bit mad. But if you raise your voice on a film set, people just work a bit harder. My process is slow and I enjoy it too much to rush. And I like to return to the theater between films. But after not doing any movies for a few years, perhaps I might do two in two years. Regarding his commitment to directing Jarhead (2005) without a personal soldiering background: "This is new territory to me, but I hadn't spent two days in American suburbia when I directed American Beauty (1999).

I only knew the script had an unusual and original voice and it was a challenge I wanted to take on. Jarhead (2005) is equal parts black humor, honesty, rage, lyricism, profanity and the mixture of machismo jarhead culture. With the exception of Three Kings (1999) this is a war that has been overlooked but which has a burning relevance to what is happening right now in the Middle East." "I feel very undeserving. I feel the award is a bank loan, which I'll take out and pay back by the end of 20 years, and by then I'll feel more deserving." - On receiving his Lifetime Achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. Regarding the different reactions of Europeans and Americans to his film, Jarhead (2005): "I feel they've understood in Europe. In America, it's like talking about a different movie. Fundamentally, "Jarhead" disobeys all the laws of American movies, and not just the political laws of American movies right now, which demand on some level to tell us which side they're on.

In Europe, there's a sense this film comes from the tradition of absurdist war movies about the futility of conflict. It has more in common with Beckett, Sartre and Banuel than it does with Oliver Stone . In America, they assumed I was trying to make an Oliver Stone movie and that I'd failed". I don't want to be known for one thing. I don't want to have an adjective based around my name. 'Lynchian', I know what that is, I know what 'Kubrickian' is, and I know what 'Bergmanesque' means. But there isn't going to be, and I don't want there to be, a 'Mendesian'. [on Stanley Kubrick ] Of course, his films are all chilling. 2001 blew away the three act structure, but his other films are equally unique. We are only now catching up. Natasha combined the best of Redgrave and Richardson: the enormous depth and emotional force of a great actor on the one hand, and the intelligence and objectivity of a great director on the other. She was one of a kind, a magnificent actress.

She was also an amazing mother, a loyal friend, and the greatest and most generous host you could ever hope to meet. It defies belief that this gifted, brave, tenacious, wonderful woman is gone. (on Natasha Richardson 's tragic death.) I am fascinated by America, no question about that. I will stop making films about it eventually, though, because I think there's a limited amount to say. But I am drawn to it. I don't think it's weird for an outsider to go and make movies that are quintessentially American. I think the 20th century shows that there is a tradition of people being drawn to America as the site of the great mythic landscape. You can tell big stories there that you might not be able to tell with such scale and grace elsewhere. [on Away We Go (2009)] All my films are linked by similar concerns, if you look below the surface. They're all about one or more people who are lost and trying to find a way through. It's no different with this one, it just happens that they do find a way through. Get in touch with your inner 12 year old. He or she was an interesting kid.

On the day, be prepared - but also be prepared to make shit up. Making an action sequence is only interesting when you're in the cutting room. Up until then, it is literally the most tedious thing you will ever do. You can only ever point the camera at one thing at a time. You are playing roulette with someone else's money. If you are going to bet it all on black, you need to be able to explain why. You need to learn to tune out the white noise. You can not please everyone. Tarantino, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Greengrass, J.J. and Paul Thomas Anderson all still shoot on film. There is a reason. You're trying to surf the big wave, so be prepared to be wiped out - but when you catch it, it feels like nothing else. When you're choosing for collaborators, do not listen to the people who tell you, "Yes, but I've never done a big movie." If they are any good, they will learn - just like I did. When you get excited, don't be afraid to leap out of your chair and sing the James Bond theme.

Salary (2) Sam Mendes and Rebecca Hall 'split as she falls for co-star' by GIRL ABOUT TOWN | Daily Mail Online comments Actress Rebecca Hall seems to have a habit of getting closer to her colleagues than she ought to. The daughter of legendary theatre director Sir Peter Hall started dating Sam Mendes after meeting him on a film set when he was still married to Kate Winslet. Now she has been spotted cosying up to fellow actor Morgan Spector – her co-star in a Broadway play in which they played illicit lovers – after apparently splitting from 007 director Mendes. Actress Rebecca Hall strolls through East Village with co-star Morgan Spector She has been pictured strolling hand-in-hand with Morgan through New York and a few days ago they were seen walking together in the sunshine in East London. It follows her relationship with Mendes, whom she met on the set of his 2006 film Starter For 10. She was subsequently accused of being the ‘other woman’ when Mendes – who directed American Beauty, Skyfall and the upcoming Bond film Spectre – split from Kate in 2010.

RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share The Titanic actress was said to be unhappy about her husband’s closeness to the younger actress, especially when he cast her in two theatre productions. Kate’s suspicions were such that she insisted on sitting in on some rehearsals for the plays – and the marriage fell apart soon afterwards. Sam, now 49, and Cambridge-educated Rebecca, 33, then started dating. But a source close to the actress tells me: ‘Sam and Rebecca split a good few months ago. Close: Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector in gripping and acclaimed drama Machinal Since then, she’s started dating Morgan Spector. She fell for him when they played lovers on stage and they are now living together in Brooklyn, New York.’ The show, a gripping and acclaimed drama, was called Machinal and featured scenes of them in bed together in their underwear. It played on Broadway in March last year – the same time Rebecca was last pictured with Sam. Rebecca and Morgan seem as relaxed in each other’s company offstage as they were on. They have been seen sharing a joke as they walked through the streets of New York’s East Village after lunching together at the trendy restaurant Il Buco.

At the time, Rebecca was staying nearby at the luxury Bowery Hotel, where the couple were regularly seen together, according to staff there. Last autumn, the pair attended a glitzy Mulberry party in New York’s Carlyle hotel, where Miss Hall wore a striking slinky black dress. Rebecca and Morgan seem as relaxed in each other’s company offstage as they were on A few days ago Rebecca, whose 84-year-old father founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and whose mother is opera singer Maria Ewing, was seen near Liverpool Street station with 34-year-old Morgan. A film worker tweeted: ‘That moment you walk past Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector... That was random.’ She later said: ‘I recognised them immediately.’ Rebecca found fame playing Vicky in Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona and more recently was nominated for a Bafta for her performance in the BBC drama Parade’s End, in which she played Benedict Cumberbatch’s wife.

Members of her family declined to comment on her relationship, while Mr Mendes’s agent said: ‘We’ll not be commenting on this.’ Sam Mendes - IMDb IMDb Producer | Director | Miscellaneous Crew Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-years-old. Sam was educated at Cambridge University and ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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See more awards » Known For 2013 Shrek the Musical (producer: Neal Street Productions Ltd.) 2012/I Blood (executive producer) 2014 King Lear (TV Movie) (directed for the stage) 1998 Little Voice (director: original stage production) 1996 Company (TV Movie) (stage director) 1993 Cabaret (TV Movie) (stage director) Hide 2001 The Anniversary Party (special thanks) Hide 2016 World Film Report (TV Series) Himself 2016 Spectre: Bond's Biggest Opening Sequence (Video documentary short) Himself 2016 Spectre: Video Blogs (Video short) Himself 2015 Toast of London (TV Series) Himself 2012-2015 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2015 Inside Spectre with Richard Wilkins (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2010-2015 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself - Director, Spectre 2002-2014 Charlie Rose (TV

 Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Skyfall: Modern Day Bond (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2013 Shooting Bond (Video documentary) Himself 2013 Skyfall Premiere (Video short) Himself 2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2012 The Secrets of Skyfall (TV Short documentary) Himself 2012 Skyfall Video Blogs (Video documentary short) Himself 2009 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002-2008 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself 2006 Background (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Jarhead Diaries (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Semper Fi (Video documentary short) Himself 2005 El Magacine (TV Series) Himself 2000 American Beauty: Look Closer...

(Video documentary short) Himself Himself - Nominee: Best Direction of a Musical 1997 Brunch (TV Series) : Directed "Uncle Vanya", a play by Anton Chekhov (Donmar Warehouse, London, England, UK). See more » Publicity Listings: 6 Interviews | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more » Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: "I feel very undeserving. I feel the award is a bank loan, which I'll take out and pay back by the end of 20 years, and by then I'll feel more deserving." - On receiving his Lifetime Achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. See more » Trivia: Ex-son-in-law of Roger Winslet . See more » Trademark: Often begins his films with a voice-over narration from the main character; at the end of the movie the character finishes his narration in very much the same way it began. See more » Nickname: Kate Winslet Discusses Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes Divorces: No One Really Knows What Happened | E! News UK Willy Vanderperre for WSJ. Magazine.

Kate Winslet prides herself on her privacy. The actress met her first husband, director Jim Threapleton, on the set of the indie film Hideous Kinky. In 1998, they were married. By 25 she was a mother to Mia Threapleton, and by 26 she was divorced. Kate married director Sam Mendes and welcomed a son, Joe Mendes, in 2003; the two split in 2010. In 2012, Winslet married Ned Rocknroll, with whom she had a son, Bear Winslet, born in 2013. Decades ago, Kate tells WSJ. Magazine she struggled with attention on her love life. "No one teaches you, and also no one particularly helps you. It's a very specific thing to ask people to understand.

'So-and-so was mean about me in the newspaper.' 'Oh, just ignore it.' But you can't, because it's not true." Regarding Jim and Sam, she says, "I know lots of people who are not in the public eye who have gone through several marriages, I really do, and it's just those are the cards that life dealt me. I didn't plan on its being that way. And f--k me, it hasn't been easy, you know." Kate has kept details surrounding both splits close to the vest, saying, "No one really knows what has happened in my life. No one really knows why my first marriage didn't last; no one knows why my second didn't." Kate adds, "I'm proud of those silences." NEWS: Why Kate Winslet never dated Leonardo DiCaprio Willy Vanderperre for WSJ. Magazine. However, the actress is happy to talk about her third husband. "Thank God for Ned—really," she says. "He's just so incredibly supportive, and he's so much fun. He's absolutely everything to me.

And to all of us." Kate, who next appears in Steve Jobs and The Dressmaker, admits she struggles with the idea of being considered a movie star. "I've always been so uncomfortable with that," she tells WSJ. Magazine . "I just don't feel like one, and I don't live like one either—not the way I imagine a proper movie star living." VIDEO: Kate Winslet dishes on her role in Steve Jobs Willy Vanderperre for WSJ. Magazine. The actress says her days of playing the ingénue are over. Similarly, she no longer plans to be naked in movies. "We all focus on our bodies in our late teens and our early 20s, in a way that is just not cool or healthy. In your 30s, you become aware of staying fit. Now I view my physical self as an instrument that I have to keep going because I'm a mother, and I have to be as healthy as I can for those three people who need me—more than I need for myself to be in a f--ing nude scene." Kate is tired of the attention on her appearance, anyway.

"Just a couple of hours ago, my publicist sent an email saying that some journalist from the Daily Mail has a picture of me from an event last night and is saying that I appear to have lost all the baby weight and how did I do that? And do I want to comment on the fact that experts are saying that I've had Botox? I just get irritated by that s--t," Kate says. "First of all, the latter is 100 percent not true, and secondly, it's f--king 18 months later. Of course I'm going to get back at some point." Brazil E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Canadian edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our UK edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Australian edition? E! ist überall Dieser Inhalt ist für internationale Besucher verfügbar.

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The actress's spokesman told MailOnline: 'I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned RocknRoll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family. 'The couple had been engaged since the summer.' Whirlwind romance: Kate Winslet and new husband Ned RocknRoll seen at Claridges in March, the pairs romance began after they met at Sir Richard Branson's Necker Island in August 2010 The best man: Leonardo DiCaprio gave Kate away in the private ceremony attended by a few friends and the actress's children Kate has been secretly engaged for some months, and the service is said to have been so private that even Kate's parents weren't aware she was heading down the aisle again. The actress's ring which has not been seen yet was designed by private jeweller Charles Goode of Goode & Son, a friend of both Ned and Kate's.

Ned's father Robert told The Sun: 'It's not something I know of - but nothing would surprise me with those two.' This is not the first time that Kate has wed in secret in 2003 she married film director Sam Mendes, her second husband, on an island in the Caribbean with just her daughter Mia and three friends. The actress split from the Skyfall director, who is the father of her son Joe, in March 2010 and they divorced a year later. Kate has a daughter Mia, 12, from her first marriage to Jim Threapleton. They split in 2001 after just three years together. The Titantic actress first met Ned, the nephew of Sir Richard Branson, while on holiday at the Virgin mogul's Necker Island. At the time she was dating model Louis Dowler who she was on holiday with. Kate made headlines when she rescued Mr Branson’s mother Eve from a burning building during Hurricane Irene.

Kate has been secretly engaged for some months, and the service is said to have been so private that even her parents weren't aware she was heading down the aisle again Among the Bransons was Ned Abel Smith, who changed his surname to ‘RocknRoll’ by deed poll some years ago. The pair apparently hit it off, and soon after were revealed to be a couple. Ned works for the space-travel branch of the Virgin empire. At the time a friend said Kate was 'madly in love' with Mr RocknRoll and believed he was 'The One'. She told Harper's Bazaar: 'I feel that I'm just at the beginning of a new narrative, and it's incredibly exciting.' Mr RocknRoll has previously been married to multimillionaire Viscount Cowdray’s daughter Eliza, whom he wed in a lavish ceremony in 2009 at Eliza's family's estate in Sussex. However the couple separated in April the following year.

My wife and kids: Ned with Kate, her children Joe and Mia go for a walk in New York In September 2010 Ned told Eliza he had met 'an amazing woman and she was making him really happy.' Eliza told The Daily Mail: 'I guess I was surprised he had met someone like Kate. That was a little strange. 'He hadn’t known her before.

But he explained he’d met her on Necker in August, during the trip when the house burned down.' After her marriage to Mendes ended in 2010, Kate told Harper's Bazaar: 'I've had to remind myself to have those moments of being able to have a f***ing good cry, but it did take someone putting their hand on me – a gay male friend, actually, who put his hand on my shoulder and said: "It's OK, you can cry about this, and maybe you should."' First love: Ned with first wife heiress Eliza Pearson on their wedding day in 2009, they divorced two years later The ex-husbands: Kate married Jim Threapleton in November 1998 at a church ceremony in Reading, the marriage lasted three years and right, with Skyfall director Sam Mendes, to whom she was married for seven years She added: 'There's no way that I'm going to allow my children to be f***ed up because my marriages haven't worked out. 'I so wish that that wasn't the case, that that hadn't happened in my life, but it has.

So I will make the best of it.' Her first love was fellow actor Stephen Tredre, whom she dated for five years. She described him as ‘the most important person in my life, next to my family’, but he tragically died of bone cancer aged 34, soon after she finished filming Titanic. THE LOVES OF KATE WINSLET: Stephen Tredre (1991 to 1995) Kate met writer and actor Stephen Tredre on the set of TV show Dark Season. They split in 1995 after a four-year relationship. They remained close after their split and when Tredre died of bone cancer in 1997, Kate missed the London premiere of Titanic to be with his family. Rufus Sewell (1995) Kate dated actor Rufus Sewell for three months in 1995, but said the pair had never had a serious relationship. They later starred together in 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday, alongside Jack Black and Cameron Diaz.

Jim Threapleton (1997 to 2001) Kate married Jim Threapleton in 1998 after the couple dated for a year. The down-to-earth pair famously had a bangers-and-mash reception after their wedding ceremony in Reading – but it lasted just three years. During their marriage, Kate gave birth to daughter Mia with Threapleton in October 2000. Sam Mendes (2001 to 2010) Kate married film director Sam Mendes in May 2003. The pair welcomed a son together, Joe, in December 2003. They announced their separation in March 2010. Louis Dowler (2010) Kate dated 35-year-old model Louis Dowler for four months last year. The pair split after Kate apparently realised she wanted to be on her own for a while. Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes separate after seven years of marriage | Film | The Guardian Kate Winslet Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes separate after seven years of marriage Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes arrive at the London premiere of The Road to Perdition in 2002.

Photograph: Dan Chung/Reuters Monday 15 March 2010 14.59 EDT First published on Monday 15 March 2010 14.59 EDT Close This article is 6 years old Celebrity partnerships have a habit of imploding in public, with the messy details playing out in tabloids or gossip sites. But actor Kate Winslet and film director Sam Mendes, for all their fame and fortune, were never your typical showbusiness couple. The pair married in secret and split on the sly. Today the Oscar-winning duo confessed that they had actually ended their relationship some months ago. The closing credits were confirmed in a brief statement from their lawyer. "Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year," said Keith Schilling. "The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children." Winslet and Mendes have a son, Joe, who was born in December 2003. Winslet also has a nine-year-old daughter, Mia, from her first marriage, to film-maker Jim Threapleton.

The actor and director met in 2001 and married on a whim in May 2003, while on holiday in Anguilla. "We hadn't been planning to do it," Winslet said at the time. "But we thought it was rather a good idea, so we just did it." The couple went on to divide their time between a family home in the Cotswolds and a luxury apartment in New York. Despite being regarded as the power couple of British film, Winslet and Mendes appeared keen to preserve a sense of normality behind closed doors. "As a family we do normal things that other families would," the actor told one interviewer. "It's important to us that the children are just regular kids, so we go to the park, kick a ball around, go to a museum, watch a movie together or just hang out at home playing Monopoly." Originally acclaimed for his stage work, Mendes won an Oscar for directing his debut feature, American Beauty, back in 2000. His other films include The Road to Perdition, Jarhead and the low-budget road movie Away We Go.

After five Oscar nominations, Winslet scooped the best actress award last year for her performance as an illiterate Nazi in Stephen Daldry's drama, The Reader. Sam Mendes | English director | Britannica.com English director Alternative Title: Samuel Alexander Mendes Sam Mendes Sam Mendes, byname of Samuel Alexander Mendes (born August 1, 1965, Reading , Berkshire, England ), English film and theatre director who was known for his innovative treatments of classic stage productions as well as for his thought-provoking films. Sam Mendes, 2011. © Steve Vas—Featureflash/Shutterstock Mendes was raised in London by his mother, a writer of children’s fiction; she and his father, a university professor, had divorced when Mendes was five. He attended the University of Cambridge , where he formed a theatre company with playwright Tim Firth. After graduating in 1987 with first-class honours in English, he accepted a job at the Chichester Festival Theatre in West Sussex , England. When the director of a production of the Dion Boucicault comedy London Assurance walked out, Mendes was summoned to take over.

The play was a success and moved to London’s West End , where Mendes quickly made a name for himself, directing Dame Judi Dench in Anton Chekhov ’s The Cherry Orchard . Stints with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre followed. In 1992 Mendes took over as artistic director of the nonprofit Donmar Warehouse Theatre in London. His reputation, solidified by a series of well-received productions, began to attract renowned actors to the unprepossessing venue . Celebrated stagings of Cabaret (1993) and Tennessee Williams ’s The Glass Menagerie (1995) catapulted Mendes to further fame, and he had similar success in 1998 when he took Cabaret and Shakespeare ’s Othello to New York . In 1998 Mendes directed film star Nicole Kidman ’s London stage debut in a provocative rendition of David Hare ’s The Blue Room . Mendes’s productions of Oliver! and Cabaret brought him to the attention of film director Steven Spielberg , who gave Mendes the script for American Beauty (1999).

The film, which starred Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, attempts to expose the seamy underbelly of life in modern American suburbia. Mendes won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for best director for his work on the satire, which was also awarded the Academy Award for best picture. Anthony G. Craine Mendes proceeded to form his own production company with financial backing from Spielberg’s DreamWorks studio. In 2002 he alternated between theatre and film work, directing stage productions of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse in addition to helming the gangster movie Road to Perdition. He then left the Donmar as artistic director. His production of Gypsy (2003), staged at the Shubert Theatre in New York and starring Bernadette Peters, was widely acclaimed. He released the film Jarhead, a Gulf War drama, in 2005. Mendes’s next film project was an adaptation of the Richard Yates novel Revolutionary Road (2008) starring actress Kate Winslet , whom he had married in 2003 (divorced 2010).

The drama centres on a free-spirited married couple, played by Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio , as they navigate the increasingly homogeneous social milieu of 1950s American suburbia. Britannica Stories EU Considers Rules For Robots In 2009 Mendes directed the screen comedy Away We Go , which follows an expectant couple who undertake a road trip in order to find the place to start their family. For the Bridge Project (2009–12), a series of collaboratively produced plays that were performed in multiple international cities, he served as artistic director and staged The Cherry Orchard and four of Shakespeare’s dramas. He returned to filmmaking with Skyfall (2012), a particularly well-received installment in the long-running James Bond franchise. In 2000 Mendes was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to drama.

Question: Film director Sam Mendes was married to which actress?
Answer: Kate Winslet